NWSL Rookie of the Year

The NWSL Rookie of the Year award is presented annually to the best rookie in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

Erika Tymrak (2013), an alumna of the Florida Gators, won the first Rookie of the Year award in the NWSL's inaugural season. The most recent winner is Lilly Reale (2025).

Winners

Season Player Nationality Club School Drafted Other finalists 2013 MF FC Kansas City Florida Gators 11th Adrianna Franch, Sydney Leroux 2014 D/MF Chicago Red Stars Santa Clara Broncos 3rd Crystal Dunn, Kealia Ohai 2015 MF Chicago Red Stars Virginia Cavaliers 9th Sofia Huerta, Sam Mewis 2016 MF Sky Blue FC Penn State Nittany Lions 2nd Rachel Daly, Emily Sonnett 2017 F North Carolina Courage BYU Cougars 2nd Meggie Dougherty Howard, Mallory Pugh 2018 F/MF Sky Blue FC Duke Blue Devils 5th Savannah McCaskill, Andi Sullivan 2019 F Reign FC Spring Arbor Cougars Undrafted Jordan DiBiasi, Sam Staab 2020 2020 regular season cancelled due COVID-19 pandemic 2021 F Washington Spirit Washington State Cougars 2nd Emily Fox, Victoria Pickett 2022 D San Diego Wave FC Stanford Cardinal 1st Sam Coffey, Diana Ordóñez 2023 D NJ/NY Gotham FC Florida State Seminoles 4th Messiah Bright, Alyssa Thompson 2024 MF Washington Spirit Georgia Bulldogs 3rd Claire Hutton, Ally Sentnor 2025 DF Gotham FC UCLA Bruins N/A Maddie Dahlien, Riley Tiernan

Wins by team ClubWinsGotham FC4Chicago Red Stars2Washington Spirit2FC Kansas City1North Carolina Courage1San Diego Wave FC1

See also

List of sports awards honoring women NWSL Players' Awards NWSL awards NWSL records and statistics Women's soccer in the United States

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